CANTICLES

Which of the following statements are entirely accurate? Correct any errors.

1. ___ According to scholars like Phillis Trible, the Song of Songs "redeems a love story gone awry" (i.e., Gen. 2-3) because, in Canticles, everything in the natural world (whether animal or plant life) serves eros.
2. ___ God is the one who orchestrates the loving relationship in the Song of Songs.
3. ___ The clearest meaning of the Songs of Songs is that it concerns the love of God for the soul.
4. ___ The Hebrew word nephesh refers to the totality of the human person, the inner core of a person's being.
5. ___ We find an emphasis upon the female in both Gen. 2 and in Canticles.
6. ___ The understanding of human sexuality in Canticles revolves around marriage and procreation.
7. ___ The Song of Songs can be so joyous because the woman has recognized her role as subordinate to the man, so there is no dispute as to the patterns of authority.
8. ___ The sensuality of Canticles was often an embarrassment to both Jews and Christians around the time of Jesus.
9. ___ The garden and water imagery in Canticles reminds the reader of the garden of Eden.
10. ___ In the Song of Songs, the desire (t^ešûqâ) of the woman is fulfilled because her man uses that desire to rule over her.